Eaves-trough hanger



(No Model.)

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EAVES TROUGH HANGER.

No. 369,708. Patented Sept. 13, 1887.

UNITED STATES ATENr tries.

OLIN HARLEY, OF SOUTH WHITLEY, INDIANA.

EAVES-TROUGH HANGER.

SPECIFICATION arming part of Letters Patent No. 369,708. dated September 13, 1887.

Application filed March 16, 1887.

i" 0 all whom, it 77'I/CLZ/ concern:

Be it known that I, OLIN HARLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at South \Vhitley, in the county of Whitley and State ofIndiana, have invented a new and useful Device for Hanging Eaves-Troughs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices or means of hanging or supporting metal eaves troughs, in which the troughs are supported by crossbars or braces extending from one side of the trough to the other on or over the trough, said crossbars being connected with and attached by suitable devices to the roofs of buildings.

The objects of my invention are to provide an effective and rapid method ofhanging eaves troughs and to make such method reliable and infallible in its application, as well as cheap, simple, and substantial. I attain these objects by the mechanical devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a general view, in perspective, of my invention attached to the roof ofa building. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view, in perspective,of -my combined clamp and punch for attaching the inner end of the cross-bar of the hanger to the trough. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional View of my combined clamp and punch attached to the eaves-trough.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in all views represented by the drawings.

In Fig. 1, R represents the roof of a building, and b shows an ordinary pendent rod at tached to the roof in the usual manner, and passing through cross-bar B, to which it is attached by upper and lower screw-nuts, c and d. The outer end of the crossbar is attached to the bead of the eaves-trough by means of hooks O tightly pressed on the bead. At the other or inner end of cross-bar B, and as apart of the same piece of metal, are shown the devices which constitute my invention, as follows: D represents one side or jaw of a clamp formed by that side and the other side, E. To E is attached,or solidly formed or molded with it, the spur or punch F.

is another, which form a fork or crotch, J, the inside of'said prongs also forming a backing, against and between which and jaw E the edge or side 0 of the metal trough is in;

H is one prong, and

Serial No. 231.189. (N0 model.)

sertcd, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, in Fig. l the edge of trough being broken away to more fully disclose the application of my invention.

Fig. 2 represents an enlarged perspective view of my invention, in which is shown the edge 0 of trough A between the open jaws D and E, showing punch F and its position relative to the trough and to the prongs H and H before the jaws are closed.

Fig. 3 represents a vertical and central crosssectional view extending ina line across the trough and lengthwise of the cross-bar through center of punch F, fork J, and the two sides or jaws I) and E of the clamp when closed. K represents the small end of punch F as it appears after the combined clamp and punch have been applied to and closed on the edge of the trough. N represents a projection in the fork or crotch J, under which the point of punch is to be bent to lock together the two sides orjaws of the clamp.

The application and operation of my invention are substantially as follows: I insert the upper edge, 0, of trough A between the point ofpunch F and the inner flat surfaces of prongs H and H, as shown in Fig. 2, and then, applying a. pair of strong properlyshaped pinchers over the outside of the two sides or jaws D and E, I press them forcibly together, thereby forcing punohF through the side of the trough and between the prongs and under projection, N, until the point of the punch strikes the inner jaw of the pinchers, and is thereby bent upward, as shown at K, thus clinching the end of the punch, andthereby fastening and locking the end of cross-barB to the eaves trough, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8. The clinching of the punch may also be effected by any other means desired.

In the construction of my invention I generally use malleable or wrought iron.

In this specification when speaking'of the inner edge of the trough I mean the edge next to the building, and the inner end of 9 the cross-bar is the end next to the building.

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, the following:

1. In an eaves-trough hanger, the cross-bar two ICO

provided with the sides orjaws D and E, the the projection N in the fork J, all substanspur orpunch F, and the two prongs H and tially as and for the purposes set forth and 11*, substantially as and for the purpose set specified. forth and specified.

5 2. In an eaves-trough hanger, the cross-bar provided with the jaws D and E, forming a clamp, the punch F, the prongs H and H and OLIN HARLEY. Witnesses:

J. E. MERRIMAN, G. W. HARLEY. 

